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The Interdenominational Church Service to mark Nigeria's 55th
Independence Anniversary, held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja,
yesterday 25 Sept, 2016. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, his wife Dolapo,
Chief of Defence Staff , Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin and
others were present. More photos after the cut...

The Nigerian Army has reacted to the new Boko Haram video which its
factional leader, Abubakar Shekau appeared in. The military says all
threats made by Shekau in the video should be ignored. Read the
military's statement signed by Acting Director Army Public Relations,
Col. S.K Usman below:

Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal, today, laid foundation for a new
senior secondary school in Gudu, the only LGA without one in Nigeria.
This is according to the media aide to the governor, Imam Imam, who
shared the photos via social media. More photos after the cut.

A prominent Jordanian writer (Pictured left) was shot dead by a
suspected Islamist gunman (Right) on Sunday, September 25th, outside
the courtroom where he was due to stand trial for insulting Islam by
sharing a cartoon on Facebook.

National
Leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, has reportedly asked for the immediate
resignation of the party's National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.
According to Vanguard, Tinubu made the demand in a stinking communiqué
sent to Oyegun and other party chieftains.

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At a safe house in Nigeria, the wives of Boko Haram fighters share stories of the men they married.
A
few dozen women sit on mats in the shadow of a neem tree. Their giggles
rise with the hot dusty air as they sketch elaborate designs on their
hands with henna.
Some of the women wear abayas; others wear
short-sleeved blouses with long skirts and hijabs. They talk about their
children, their hair, what they will cook that evening after breaking
their Ramadan fast.

Jeremiah Benameisigha
The
South South Zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
Ishaq Salisu, on Friday told a group of protesters under the aegis of
Coalition of Civil Rights Organisations, Concerned Youths and the Ijaw
Nation Worldwide, who thronged the Port Harcourt, Rivers State Zonal
Office of the Commission that the EFCC is a law abiding agency, which
discharges it duties without fear or favour.

The
Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has disowned some individuals who
carry the organization’s placards during public protests, insisting that
the protesters are not members of the CLO. In
a statement released today and signed by its president, Uche Wisdom
Durueke, the CLO stated that its leadership had become aware of “a
recent protest where certain individuals, in order to cause mischief,
carried placards bearing CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATIONS,” adding, “those
individuals are not members of the CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION.”

The latest unconfirmed gist heating up the social media is about former
First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who is spitting fire on EFCC for
freezing her accounts containing about 6.3 billion Naira, claiming that
she is being deprived of her right to her hard-earned money.
Yes o, however you wan look am, she worked for that money!

Youths in Port Hracourt, Rivers state are currently staging a protest
calling on EFCC to leave Patience Jonathan alone. The group is making
the demand following the ongoing investigation into $15 million found in
the former first lady's account. More photos after the cut.

A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John
Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday,
bringing the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law
to 10.

The United Kingdom has expressed satisfaction with the successes
recorded so far by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the tackling of Boko
Haram insurgency in the North East and promised to collaborate with
Nigeria for further success.

Bayelsa state Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson's wife, Dr. Rachael, has
welcomed quadruplets. A statement signed and released by Mr. Daniel
Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dickson, revealed
this today. It read:

President Buhri today said those who stole Nigeria dry are angry with
his government and so have recruited the services of militants in the
Niger Delta to fight his government. He said this while addressing a
group of Nigerians professionals residing in the US.

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Dear Mark Zuckerberg
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Facebook needs an editor
— to stop Facebook from editing. It needs someone to save Facebook from
itself by bringing principles to the discussion of rules.
There is actually nothing new in this latest episode: Facebook
sends another takedown notice over a picture with nudity. What is new is
that Facebook wants to take down an iconic photo of great journalistic
meaning and historic importance and that Facebook did this to a leading
editor, Espen Egil Hansen, editor-in-chief of Aftenposten, who answered forcefully:

A series of earth tremors and loud sounds have been reported in a location in Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria on Sunday.The incident occurred in Kwoi, headquarters of Jaba local government area in the Southern Kaduna region of the State.

Five top civil servants in Kogi have been arrested for allegedly diverting N230 million pension fund to their private uses. The Accountant-General of the state, Yusuf Okala, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Sunday.
Mr.
Okala, who is also the Chairman of the Staff Screening and Verification
Committee, said the alleged fraud was discovered in the course of the
committee’s work.
“Yes, it is true. We have been able to recover
N20 million from them through the efforts of the police command in the
State,” Mr. Okala said.
Also, the state Auditor-General, Ahmed Ododo, said the money would be recovered in full from the suspects.

John Abayomi
Boko
Haram was on Sunday blamed for an attack on motorists in Monguno, Borno
state which left one person dead and underlined the Islamist group’s
continuing security threat to civilians.
Gunmen on Saturday opened
fire on a convoy of vehicles travelling to the Borno state capital,
Maiduguri, from the garrison town of Monguno, 140 kilometres (about 85
miles) to the northeast.
“They shot dead a driver and injured two
women and a child travelling with him,” said bus driver Kabir Hassan,
who arrived at the scene shortly after the attack.

Simon Ejembi
The
Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof.
Itse Sagay (SAN), has said with the fresh admission by Patience Jonathan
that she owns the $5m traced to her accounts by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, means the anti-graft agency has the right
to probe her.
According to him, if the former first lady is claiming that she owns the money then she must explain how she earned it.

WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump turned his attention to national security and military readiness on Wednesday, saying in a speech that his approach to foreign policy could be summed up in three words: “peace through strength.”
Mr.
Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, offered many facts to
support his vision and outlined the approach a Trump administration
would take on issues related to national security. We found five of his
key claims or proposals to be misleading or consistent with current
policy.

The Police in Kogi state have arrested the son of late Kogi state
governor, Abubakar Audu, Mohammed and about 15 other members of the late
governor's family. According to the former governor's younger brother,
Mustapha, Mohammed and other family members were arrested today and are
being detained at the Lokoja Police Division.